The Wahpeton times., 1887-08-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.

can leaders Of Virginia, was in the
capital a day or two osince, and being
at SKIES and sevens with little Billy
Malone, the republican boss of that
state, Mr.. Brady gently submitted
to an interview in which he gives
some interesting information re-
garding the political situation in the
Old Dominion. He says that Ma.
hone in his mad desire to make
everything subservient to his ambi.
tion to return to the United States
senate, has alienatcd all of his old
lieutenants. including such men as
Senator Riddleberger, Ex-Governor
Cameron and two of the republican
congressmen-elect, so that only list
less apathy and egregious blunders
on the part of the democrats can Sc
cure Mahone's return to power from
the Mother of Presidents.
That piece of monumental folly
and pet republican measure, the
Blair educational hill, has been sat
upon in the house of its friends, or
what was supposed to be such, for
representatives, by vote of seven
to three, was laid on the table reso-
lutious endorsing the bill. And
this from cranky senator Blair's
own state and party! "That was
the most unkindest cut of all,.
worse by fnr than the Democrats
could give.
Secretary Fairchild. a few days
since, dismissed a pair of Republic
can clerks for consuming a portion
of their valuable time during office
hours in abusing the Democratic
party, one Of them being a brother
of the brass-throated G. A. II. howl
or, Gen. Grosvenor. congressman
from Ohio. The secretary we'll says
that he thinks it too good in the ad-
ministration to keep republicans in
their places. but, that indecent
criticism of the Democracy should
not he permitted. The sentiment
of the able and popular young sec
retary of the treasury will find q
ready echo in the hearts of thousands
OF Democrats, with the wish that
there were more Faircailds i'm the
cabinet.
Secretary Whitney is pushing for
ward with the earnestncss and en-
thnsiasm characteristic of him his
efforts to rehabilitate tile American
navy. having just awarded the con-
tract for the building of two gum
boats and three cruisers after the
most approved designs, and with
such iron n-clad test as to speed and
capacity that full compliance with
these conditions is guaranteed.
Another commendable action of the
secretary is his continued refusal to
furnish any funds for the repair of
rotten hulks like the Monocracy
that were inherited from the repub-
lican regime.
Two republican chief clerks of the
interior department have resigned
during the present administration,
the successor of the last one not yet
having been chosen. trust Secre-
tary Lamar will be able to ind some
good and worthy democrat for the
position. 1t is a fact perhaps not
generally known that with single
exception every chief clerk of de-
partment under President Cleve-
lands administration is a hold-oyer
republican. although those places are
not under civil-service rules. WHY
this is thus l have as yet been una
ble to discover, but it "overcomes
me like summer cloud"
In the Washington police court
the preliminary trial of the Craw-
ford fornication case, which 1 have
heretofore mentioned, still drags its
slow length along like u Shiny SER
pent, owing to the fact that it must
give way each day to the regular
routine of cases. There was a most
exciting scene in this scandalous
case one Of the defendants counsel
told the Judge that the United States
district attorney had said to the two
associate counsel for the defense
that the Judge would decide the case
In the governments favor, regard
less alike of argumena and evidence
that, in fact, he had prejudged the
case. This statement the Judge had
reduced to writing. and as the ven-
cradle jurist read the charge in open
court his anger and passion were so
overpowering that he shook like an
aspen leaf as he denounced the ar
ra'gnment as Il "false aspersion
upon my character" Then the dis
trict attorney and the opposing
con naal Lad IN nnaaa.al..